Love
Here’s a poignant love poem, by Madhumita, for Different Truths. The air is thick with the grey damp fog, wet and cold, as the frost gradually froze, Yet I...
Revisiting Rafoo Chakkar: Villainy, Crossdressing, and Chuckles Enliven the Comedy
At a time when men – Dev (Rishi Kapoor) and Salim (Paintal) – dressing up as women wasn’t a comedy norm, the mere transformation of both the actors is hilarious. Not...
Combustion
Here’s an intense, woman-centric, inward-looking poem, by Bindita, for Different Truths. I am standing on the sea coast Inside me, there is a silent shout I am smoldering…I am...
Three Northeast States go to Polls in February
Three northeastern states of Tripura, Meghalaya, and Nagaland go to polls in February, the Election Commission announced that counting will be held on March 3. It is going to...
It Does Not Cost Extra to be Polite!
Most senior officers in the government service are full of themselves. They do not have the courtesy to offer seats to juniors, Hemashri laments in her weekly column for...
Will Sops in the Forthcoming Budget Undo the Ills of Two Mammoth Steps, Demonetisation and GST?
A populist budget with more sops is expected. The Modi government would justify the reasons for the two mammoth steps, demonetisation and GST, aimed at cleaning the economy. These...
Three Easy Behavioural Interpretations of Body Language of Dogs
Ritambhara tells us three signs that would tell us more about dogs, in the weekly column, exclusively for Different Truths. In a world where the difference in the language,...
Slaves Still Rule: A Soliloquy from Kritodash
Kabir translates a famous soliloquy of a slave from the play Kritodash in Bengali. Crossing the barriers of time and place, the slave talks of the human consciousness from...
Rajnikanth: The Advent of a New Star-Politician
Convinced of the need to now play a true-life saviour to the masses in real life rather than in reel-life Rajnikanth, who is yet to name his party believes...
Crisis in Democracy: Is it a Protest or a Mutiny by the Four Judges to Rebel against the CJI?
Legal stalwarts and eminent personalities like former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee and former Attorney-General of India Soli Sorabjee have expressed great condemnation towards the step taken by the...